"When Hindu male dies intestate, the children of the deceased employee born out of the second wedlock would be entitled to share in the family pension
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"The admission made in the written statement by the original defendant cannot be withdrawn by legal representatives by filing their own written statement. As such they
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"As the learned Magistrate had the power to issue such warrant and the articles having been seized on the basis of such search warrants, being suspected to
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"That a Government servant is liable to be transferred to a similar post in the same cadre is a normal feature and incident of Government
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"...the petitioner have suppressed the fact of issuance of NBWs against them and approached this Court with unclean hands, and the petitioners are not entitled
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"The revisionist no. 1, having asserted her financial capacity and obtained custody of the child on that basis, cannot seek to fasten the entire financial
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"Just because in some photographs the appellant was found together with Sunny and Umang, it cannot be held that the appellant had the intent of
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"The general principle, whatever be its content, cannot be made a vehicle for rewriting the terms of a settlement which the parties themselves arrived at
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"A combined reading of Clauses 8, 9 and 10 discloses a single interlocking arrangement and not three independent obligations." Supreme Court, in a significant ruling
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"To permit the respondent-complainant to continue in such circumstances would be to allow the appellants to remain in a state of suspended animation indefinitely." Supreme Court
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"This opportunity must be meaningful and adequate, and not a mere technical or notional compliance, given the drastic penal consequences that follow from proceedings under FERA."
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"The constitutional guarantee of a fair trial is absolutely non-negotiable and cannot be sacrificed at the altar of practical convenience." Supreme Court of India, in
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"A retracted confession, particularly one whose voluntariness is seriously questioned and whose authenticity is rendered doubtful by repeated recording and subsequent repudiation, cannot constitute the
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"As a means to check evasion, a measure has been prescribed under which ad valorem will be arrived at to check manipulation and to strike at evasion,
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"It would be contrary to the basic notions of fairness to impose penalty on a dealer who did not collect tax because the statute, the
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"The concurrent findings recorded by the both the trial Court and appellate Court are based on a proper appreciation of the material available on record
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"Decree validly passed by the Court of first instance is not ordinarily defeated by subsequent events unless the subsequent legislation expressly or by necessary implication
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"If a sale deed in respect of an immovable property is executed without payment of price and if it does not provide for the payment
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"Material allegedly showing drug use, procurement of narcotic substances, or association with persons involved in such activity may bear directly on parental fitness and the
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"It is always better to call for an expert's opinion rather than the court by itself comparing signatures with the naked eye." Kerala High Court,
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"The general principle, whatever be its content, cannot be made a vehicle for rewriting the terms of a settlement which the parties themselves arrived at
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"A combined reading of Clauses 8, 9 and 10 discloses a single interlocking arrangement and not three independent obligations." Supreme Court, in a significant ruling
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"To permit the respondent-complainant to continue in such circumstances would be to allow the appellants to remain in a state of suspended animation indefinitely." Supreme Court
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"This opportunity must be meaningful and adequate, and not a mere technical or notional compliance, given the drastic penal consequences that follow from proceedings under FERA."
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"The constitutional guarantee of a fair trial is absolutely non-negotiable and cannot be sacrificed at the altar of practical convenience." Supreme Court of India, in
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"A retracted confession, particularly one whose voluntariness is seriously questioned and whose authenticity is rendered doubtful by repeated recording and subsequent repudiation, cannot constitute the
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"As a means to check evasion, a measure has been prescribed under which ad valorem will be arrived at to check manipulation and to strike at evasion,
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"It would be contrary to the basic notions of fairness to impose penalty on a dealer who did not collect tax because the statute, the
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"When the party with all the drafting power writes an ambiguous policy, it is the ordinary policyholder who suffers. Insurers have, in many cases, exploited this ambiguity."
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"The mere fact that both sides carried weapons in the charged atmosphere of a contested village election does not convert a sudden mutual fight into
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"The judicial discretion in reducing the same by recording ‘adequate and special reasons’ which was given in proviso to the unamended Section 376 has been taken away."
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"If a tenderer fails to produce a certificate of the competent authority authorising geo-tagging though he had applied for such a certificate well in time,
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"In light of the delineation, the respondent Corporations which act as marketing promoters can claim the status of agents only. As buying and selling does
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"Dominion over property and continuance thereof is a litmus test. In a sale transaction, the buyer becomes owner of the property and the seller ceases
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"Live-streaming of proceedings cannot be treated as a licence to clip, edit, sensationalise, monetise, mock, distort or circulate fragments of proceedings with disparaging captions, music, thumbnails,
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"Rules of natural justice and the right to be heard are required to be followed for doing substantial justice and not for completing a mere ritual of
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"The court is handcuffed in this jurisdiction and cannot raise its hand against what it thinks is a foolish choice. Wisdom in administrative action is the property
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"This Court must have reminded the High Courts for umpteen number of times that when it comes to suspending the substantive order of sentence
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"A mining lease granted under the Rules does not stand in isolation as a purely private contract between the State and the lessee; it is
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"The statutory scheme is consequence-neutral and the regulatory regime has been designed to enforce compliance, irrespective of the outcome. A wrongdoer cannot be allowed to
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"When Hindu male dies intestate, the children of the deceased employee born out of the second wedlock would be entitled to share in the family pension
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"The admission made in the written statement by the original defendant cannot be withdrawn by legal representatives by filing their own written statement. As such they
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"As the learned Magistrate had the power to issue such warrant and the articles having been seized on the basis of such search warrants, being suspected to
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"That a Government servant is liable to be transferred to a similar post in the same cadre is a normal feature and incident of Government
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"...the petitioner have suppressed the fact of issuance of NBWs against them and approached this Court with unclean hands, and the petitioners are not entitled
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"The revisionist no. 1, having asserted her financial capacity and obtained custody of the child on that basis, cannot seek to fasten the entire financial
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"Just because in some photographs the appellant was found together with Sunny and Umang, it cannot be held that the appellant had the intent of
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"The concurrent findings recorded by the both the trial Court and appellate Court are based on a proper appreciation of the material available on record
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"Decree validly passed by the Court of first instance is not ordinarily defeated by subsequent events unless the subsequent legislation expressly or by necessary implication
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"If a sale deed in respect of an immovable property is executed without payment of price and if it does not provide for the payment
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"Material allegedly showing drug use, procurement of narcotic substances, or association with persons involved in such activity may bear directly on parental fitness and the
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"It is always better to call for an expert's opinion rather than the court by itself comparing signatures with the naked eye." Kerala High Court,
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"In the absence of any evidence connecting the present respondents with the preparation or production of the said C-Form... the respondents cannot be held liable for
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"The inability of person claiming maintenance to maintain himself/herself become to an end after order of Court to pay maintenance... the person in whose favour the maintenance
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"Such possession, being derived from and traceable to the judgment-debtor, does not make the appellant a "third party" or "stranger to the decree" under Order
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"An illegal construction no doubt gives a right to the municipal authorities to remove the illegal construction, but a right of a neighbour arises only
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"The Respondent forcefully took away the child from the custody of the mother by showing the revolver and confined him at another place. Thus, the impugned
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"Even if the said version is found to be correct, then whether Shri Rajesh Yadav, Clerk, is guilty of filing forged documents before this Court?"
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"The leakage of public recruitment exam papers is not merely a common criminal offence; it is a direct assault on the socio-economic fabric of the society
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"In case the defendant has failed to set up the plea of adverse possession or title in any manner in that event, the plaintiff on the
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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